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So I had the day off of work with nothing to do so I mounted the sickle bar on my 702. Bring on the weeds iam ready!! Anybody else getting ready for summer?

Just got my new Lawn & Garden Tractor Magazine today, and our buddy Jake is featured in a very nice article. Way to go Jake.

Can someone tell me what this attachment is used for? I have a bunch of these and I forget why I bought them!

Don't worry still got my snow movers on the ready.

This Big D has moved over 10 feet of snow this year!!

I got a message a few days ago about a old GT of a different color that a guy wanted to sell and as we talked and he sent me some pictures and this cool old Raider happened to be in some. Long story made short I ended up bringing both tractors home. He didn't know anything about this tractor,his uncle has a septic pumping business and he found it on a job they did. It looks like it may have been used as a puller at one time. Besides the 26x12-12 Good Year's on widened rear wheels,a 66 hood has been installed on it with a pedestal in the front raising the hood enough to clear a big block Kohler,similar to the way Wheel Horse did it in 66-67. It also has newer heavy duty rear hubs that are actually a little too long for the shorter axles on this rearend. The entire lift system is long gone too,and notice the super skinny's up front. They have been on it a long time by the looks of it. I initially just wanted it for the rear wheels and tires but after getting it home I think I have a plan for it.

Do sickle bars cut snow drifts?

Been working on my daughter's 857 hoping to have it done before the mid mo meet and greet waiting on the decals and just ordered sum tri rib tires for the front she can't wait to ride it around this summer

Summer???? What is that exactly?

What could possibly make quicker work plowing snow with a horse?.... Plowing with two . That's my fathers 520-HC in the back and my 518H. We have a few inches here in Pa,and my old Hahn blower is working better for what I have to do at my house. So the 518 went back to my parents to make room and this is what transpired.

Have not looked it over well enough to determine if it is a 58 or a 59, but it is pretty complete and original excluding the hood decals. It has all the guards nice original tires that are not weather check, which is remarkable. It even has the, often missing, oil bath air cleaner and sediment bowl. Even has the original muffler. Lucked out on this one.

I love the chains on the little guys tractor!

204-8-5 std 206-8-5 .01 over 207-8-5 .02 over for B1290 &1200 Clinton Brian

Sounds like an optional cigar lighter you didn't know was installed!

OOPS! looks like one eye is hurt!

Put a big block under the hood and do wheelies with it.

Another D-180 pushing a plow.......

Unfortunately the throwing it away after ten years mentality has been in effect for a while anyway since most people that do not do it themselves, will not change the oil in their lawn mowers or snowblowers anyway. As long there is oil in them a lot of them will last about that long. With lawn equipment shops charging just about hourly as a new car dealer around here, no one takes their lawnmower or snowblower to do any maintenance, since that will cost at least $150.00 each time, plus the hassle of taking it and bringing it. That's why it is so easy around here to pick up free snowblowers. People never drain carbs after the winter and then it won't start next season. They call, then get a estimate of at least $200.00 assuming nothing major is wrong, plus transportation fees, so to the curb it goes. Might as well buy a new one specially if they had it for a few years.

Just got mine on Sat. I'm usually the last one on the block. Way to go Jake! Great issue this month. That home made Versitile is something else And Steve, you're rubbing off on Jake. In his picture he wasn't wearing socks!

DO WE HAVE TO PUT SNOW PLOWS ON OUR WHEEL HORSES TO CLEAR THE SNOW AT THE SHOW ?

Glen petitt has the fuse panel covers available.

if you've kept up with these two threads..... you would know that i now have a 416. both of them tell the story to date. tonight i decided i needed to hook up the rough 48 SD deck that came with the GT1848 and go get me some seat time on this thing. i thought that maybe running it under load for a couple hours would help the engine (carb really) sort itself out a bit. well i got nearly 2 hours in tonight mowing my neighbors field and lawn surrounding her house. it was reasonably long and thought running this thing loaded would sort out some of the bugs (and keep its new owner sort of sane with some riding........) got done and gave it a good compressed air blowout to clean up some of the grass afterwards. definitely running a lot nicer, but still thinking a carb rebuild eventually will have to take place. it still stumbles and hunts every 5-10 seconds, but will smooth out with just a small amount of choke out...... need to look at a couple manuals i have, its got one of those limited range plastic screws in the mixture screw location on the carb, so i need to get familiar with it, before i can fix it. now ive not had a 400 series before, closest tractor to that would be my GT1848, which, when you put them both together and look at the specs they are almost the same tractor mechanically except for the differing twin engines..... and the briggs 18 (GT1848) has 2 hp on the onan P216 (416). after spending some time on the 416 tonight, i have found another favorite (think i have a garage full of them anyway), plenty of power and not too bad on gas for the engine size. the ground speed isn't as good as my 1848, but it goes plenty fast for mowing with the 48 deck. not sure if the eaton gearing was faster on the GT1848s than the 416 tractors or not. just seems that the 416 is slower......i still have some bugs and other stuff to sort out, mainly from lack of maintenance from the previous owner before terry got it, so with some linkage adjustment and tuning we will see...... heres a pic or two after chores tonight........

Here is the 1075 that went up for auction this past Saturday. Trust me, the photos do not do it justice. This was a total restoration and it looks beautiful. Unfortunately I was NOT the high bidder. I went to $875 and it sold for $900. Had I not have 5 other tractors I would have bid higher. I did talk to the new owner today on the phone and he told me he bought it to drive through the woods and let his grandchildren play with it. He mentioned one of the reasons he bought it was that it does not have a mower deck on it to get snagged on rocks...Gulp! At that point I offered to trade him a Honda 3813 (water cooled, twin) with a plow and a front mount snow blower (rare)...He said he would get back to me. The previous owner had passed but it saddens me at the thought of all his hard work going down the drain. Surely he is the new owner and it's his to do with it as he chooses. I was just going to pull a wagon with it during the 4th of July parade and keep it covered in the garage.

Hi I need to replace the lower steering shaft on my 72 C120 Raider 12. Am I right in thinking that I need to remove the motor in order to do this please? Also the carb is a bit worn out and I have a Kohler 10hp from a Raider 12 with a carb that appears to be much less worn. Is it a straight swop or are the jets different. I've looked at some Kohler charts and they appear to be the same.

with these clones you can make a great engine by swapping the plastic gear cam out for a slightly more agressive lobe, billet aluminum flywheels and honda valves and springs.

Congrats Jake, Hard work always pays off. Well deserved recognition.

Did you mean this site.. http://www.gilsonsnowblowers.com/ ...if so then yep, I've read it all. This is my flame throwing beast. Mike...........

Oh yea,,allmost forgot. Summer,,,cant wait. 3 to 4 inches tonight,, 10 to 12 plus thursday. It will be nice to cut grass again, the 416 and xi have decks mounted and waiting. Glenn

I did most of my mower service duties to my 520H before I put it away for the big sleep over the winter. Grease, filled with non ethanol fuel, cleaned under the deck, hooked up battery tender, took a peak at the cylinders for grease/grass debri and a over all general cleaning. She is sitting in my new shed waiting for the green stuff to start growing. I plan to turn the key and go. Oh wait, still need to sharpen the blades on it and oil change for the hydro..... Oh well , close enough. Easy way to check rear cylinder, just pull the RR.

Nice, and so is the "keg-o-rater" next to the tractor!

Just Throw It Away Maybe it's me getting old but isn't an oil change one of the first true "guy-things" you did with your Dad ? I can remember washing my hands after my first oil change in the laundry tubs with D&L hand cleaner side by side with my Dad . I know it taught me something & today ? WE JUST THROW 'EM AWAY after 10 / 12 years ! Sheesh !! OK Rant over .

So replace the valve for him

Yikes! That's a scary thought. If there's still snow on the ground by then, we've all got bigger problems.

What was the other color tractor? Mike...........

thumbs up Jake, that's pretty awesome.

We had a greaser day in college and 1 guy I know put vaseline in his hair. He washed his hair a dozen times and it was still in there. Our engine professor told him to use DL in his hair. Vaseline came right out.

The KOOL KAR guys add flame throwers to their cars, you already have one. As Theroundhorsernr said, just a little unburned fuel; I would rather have it a little rich than too lean.

That smell is forever imbedded in my mind! Unfortunately most kids today are not exposed to any of that stuff. Kids are being raised up learning all kinds of "garbage" that will not serve any purpose in their lives. They are definitely not learning any manual skills. I have a 3 year old grandson that knows how to pull a hub with a gear puller. Not that he physically can do it by himself yet but he knows the process. The reason for that he because he does not spend any time in front of a tv or a video game. So having said all of that I think that engine is going to be a sucess and more manafacturers will pick up on the idea.

I wonder what the warranty on the engine will be? Will it be the 12 years mentioned? I know that if they used synthetic oil and propane for fuel, they could get that life from it. I unfortunately fall into that category on push mowers. I had a JD 14SB which was probably one of the best mowers ever made. I owned it for 16 years cutting a suburban lawn weekly with out a problem. When new I had installed a spin-on oil filter option on the Kawasaki engine for longevity. The engine still started first pull, but the blade clutch went out. Over $200.00 for a new clutch (JD parts aren't cheap) so replaced with a used Poulan $100.00 that maybe sees three hours use a year now in MD. Traded the JD for part payment on my used MacKissic. Unfortunately the Poulan has FWD and is worthless on a hill. I remember when I started my career at IBT that we had a dispenser for D&L on the the Murphy sink.

You hit the big time Jake. Awesome article. Congratulations

Good job Jake!

The OBX is nice too. My favorite vacation spot. South Nags Head just far enough away from the Hupla but close enough to both Marinas. Enjoy!!!

You are right about too fast....sure cleans it right down nice.... I like how you just blow it out on the road.....haha.

I looked at a couple of shifters I have lying about. The donuts were welded to the shaft. They are older and i do not know why WH changed to a pin system. I do not see why welding isn't an option. Just make sure the donut is at the right height and the hole faced the bend in the shifter handle.

Watch this YOUTUBE for the easiest understanding of the differential.

I really don't mind the snow that much, its the continuous sub zero temps I hate.

Just got in from plowing snow, and yep did three driveways with the pipe blade. I had pics posted in a thread a few years ago, not sure how to find the thread now, maybe someone more savvy with red square does. As I recall I got a lot of criticism from some dumb nay Sayers back then, but I just spent another afternoon plowing for my neighbors and myself and no grass edges were hurt and no gravel pealed up and dumped along the edges of the yard.

Just wanted to share a cartoon drawing of my 1977 Wheel Horse pulling tractor that was done by artist Donnie Dana of New York. Three pics posted are the line drawing, colored version, and the original photograph used by Donnie to make the drawing.

Lord willin' and Mrs. M is healthy, the cookie bars will be there.

Thought I'd put up some pics of the guard painted and the sub assemblies. I have a small video of the Tiller pulley assembly in action and I'll post it when I can. It worked flawlessly and never slipped. I must have come close to the original and would like to compare them if i ever get the chance.